Fifty years ago, Tubby Smith was a freshman in high school. Integration and consolidation were taking place in schools in southern Maryland, and that spring Smith went from George Washington Carver to Great Mills High School.

Texas Tech men's basketball coach Tubby Smith picked up the NABC District 8 Coach of the Year award announced Thursday by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC).
For Smith, it marks his third coach of the year honor this season.

By Monday evening, Oklahoma State and TCU had both filled their men's basketball head coaching vacancies by hiring Stephen F. Austin's Brad Underwood and Pitt's Jamie Dixon respectively. Not only were those hires great for the respective schools but they were also great for the league overall. They added to a conference with six coaches who have been to the Final Four. Furthermore, the only two coaches ever to take five different programs to the NCAA Tournament are in the Big 12.

RALEIGH, N.C. - Toward the end of September, Toddrick Gotcher sat in a chair the lobby of the United Supermarkets Arena as he discussed what he saw from his teammates during their Canadian Foreign Tour back in August.

RALEIGH, N.C. - As Texas Tech walked off the court at PNC Arena after a 10-point loss to Butler, the Red Raiders were disappointed. They couldn't hang on to overtake Butler and advance to the second round.